Am 26.08.2022 um 18:28 schrieb Sara Golemon <poll...@php.net>: > What I can see is two noble, but conflicting ideals: > 1/ sort() and ksort() should be consistent about their sorting algorithms. > I think we can all agree about that in the ideal case, at least. > 2/ Behavior within a minor release should be self-consistent and > predictable. > > Given the above, my initial inclination is to err on the side of > conservatism for 8.0.x at the least (we're nearly at the end of our primary > bug-fix cycle anyway) by reverting the fix on our branch. > For 8.1, I think we have a more difficult decision to make with over a year > of bug-fix releases to go, and I might be swayed to keep the fix around > there.
I agree with the description of the ideals but I'm not sure why you think the resolution should be different of 8.0 than 8.1. We already transitioned our existing code base from 8.0 to 8.1, including testing for changes due to the way numeric string are handled. I think it is reasonable to adapt it for 8.2 (where another round of breaking changes will have to be tested anyway) but I would not expect to having to do this for a bug-fix release 8.1.x. That's why I'd rather have this change postponed to 8.2 (which is not that far off anyway). Regards, - Chris
